Corporate, Partnership, Estate and Gift Taxation

The text emphasizes those areas of taxation generally accepted as essential to the education of those pursuing careers in taxation or tax-related fields. The first eight chapters are devoted to the tax problems of regular corporations and their shareholders. These chapters are followed by a separate chapter examining the special problems of international taxation, an area of growing importance. Two chapters consider the taxation partnerships and partners while one chapter examines S corporations. Federal estate and gift taxation is discussed in one chapter. Two additional chapters contain the related topics of the income taxation of estates, trusts, and beneficiaries and the major aspects of family tax planning. For those students who have not had previous exposure to tax research, a separate chapter provides an introduction to this important topic. The skills explained in this chapter may be applied to the research questions contained at the end of most chapters. In addition, a chapter is devoted to the procedural aspects of taxation, including the special concerns for those involved in tax practice. The scope of this text is intentionally broad to accommodate a variety of uses and to provide flexibility for instructors in designing advanced tax courses. It is neither our intention nor our belief that all of the contents can or should be covered in a single three-semester-hour course. The sheer technical detail of the material presented is obviously more than can be covered in one course without selective pruning. Our hope is that instructors can adapt the text to satisfy their varying needs. In this regard, the ample coverage of what we believe are the most relevant topics - filled with examples and exhibits - should meet the desires of the most demanding users.